The Drowning Case at Bega
BEGA, Tuesday. -- In the report of the drowning accident on Sunday afternoon, by which a little girl named Jessie Rixon lost her life, it should have been stated that Mr. M'Cutcheon,…
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Drowning at Bega. Bega
The body or the little girl, Jessie Rixon, who was drowned In the river on Sunday, has not yet been recovered. The child was crossing the river by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Engine Driver Injured
The driver of a goods, train, owned Frederick Elliott, and a narrow escape from a serious injury on Tuesday afternoon. The engine be was driving was a Raidwin, with a high seat, and when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ship's Carpenter Drowned at Sea
The German ship Cesaria, which arrived yesterday from Port Natal, 47 days out, loads Wallsend coal for the west coast of South America. Her master, Captain Cordes, reports that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Lift Accident. a Storeman Killed. Fatality at Freeman's Flour Mills. Collapse of the Elevator. --With a Load of Flour--A Fearful Fall
Another shocking lift accident occurred to-day, in this instance resulting in the death of "Alfred Cook, aged 69, a clerk and storeman, employed at…
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LYNDHURST, Wednesday.—Yesterday a fatal accident happened here. Mr. Richard Stubbs was riding the racehorse Dusk, when the horse reared and he was thrown, causing severe injuries…
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A lift accident attended with fatal consequences occurred this morning at Messrs. Freeman's mill, Allen-street, Pyrmont. The storeman, Alfred Cook, entered about 7.15 with the view of ascending to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Accident to the Miowera Boilers. the Marine Board Inquiry
The Marine Board yesterday morning continued ita inquiry into the cause of the burning of [?]ue of the boilers on board the R.M.S. Miowera. The president (Captain Hixson, R.N.) presided. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Miowera Accident. Finding of the Marine Board
The Marine Board gave its decision yesterday afternoon on the cause of the accident to a boiler on the R.M.S. Miowera while at sea on December 12 last. The…
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LAWSON, Tuesday. -- The driver of a goods train, named Frederick Elliott, had a narrow escape from a serious injury this afternoon. The engine he was driving was a Baldwin, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident to the Burrawong. Successfully Floated
KEMPSEY, Thursday.—The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Burrawong, which went aground at the south entrance, apparently near the bar, of the Macleay River, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stockton Disaster. The Court of Inquiry. Opened at Newcastle. Examination of Witnesses--The Work of Rescue--Evidence an to the Cause of the Accidents. NEWCASTLE
The court appointed under section 23 of the Coalmines Regulation Act to make investigations into ' the causes and circumstances attending the recent…
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A clerk named Alfred Cook was killed yesterday at Freeman's flour mills, Ultimo, through the snapping of the wire rope used for hoisting a lift. Cook was taking bags of flour weighing about 8001b. from the first floor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fisherman Drowned
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A boating fatality occurred off the coast, near Nirranda, 15 miles from Warrnambool, to-day. Frank Carrow, engaged in the fishing trade, was out in a sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lift Fatality. The Coroner's Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
An inquest was held by the City Coroner at Prince Alfred Hospital to-day touching the death of Alfred Cook, aged 69, the storeman who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kicked by a Horse. a Boy Fatally Injured
The Coroner held an inquiry at the Manly Cottage Hospital yesterday touching the death of a boy named John Murray, 7, who died in the institution last night from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Viaduct Accident
LONDON, February 11.—At the inquest upon the bodies of the men who were killed by the fall of a platform while employed in the work of widening the Coldrenick Viaduct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Terrible Accident. Twelve Men Killed. London, Feb. 10
While a number of men were employod to-day in the work of widening the Coldrenick Viaduct, in Cornwall, a platform gave way, and they were precipitated to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Accident. Hanging by One Foot. From a Bedroom Window. Strange Case at North Sydney--A Labourer Found Dead
An extraordinary accident occurred at North Sydney yesterday, resulting in the death of William Rowley, aged 44, a man of the labouring class. It seems…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquests. the Fatal Lift Accident
The City Coroner yesterday held an inquest with regard to the death of Alfred Cook, who was killed at Freeman's Flour Mills, Ultimo, on Wednesday, through the collapse of a lift. It was shown that the rope on which…
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